Honduras SHB Fine Coffee beans characteristics, Flavor, taste, Honduran Coffee Bean Story

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Honduras is a mountainous country in Central and North America, with a population of more than 8.3 million and an area of about 112000 square kilometers. Located in the north of Central America. It is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, the Gulf of Fonseca in the Pacific Ocean to the south, Nicaragua and El Salvador to the east and south, and Guatemala to the west. More than 3/4 of the territory are mountains and plateaus. Mountains extend from west to east, inland for lava plateaus, multi-mountain valleys, coastal plains. Tropical climate, coastal plain belongs to tropical rain forest climate.

The geography of Honduras is no less than that of its neighboring coffee-producing countries such as Guatemala and Nicaragua. There are 280000 hectares of coffee plantations in Honduras, mainly small coffee plantations, most of which are less than 3.5ha. These coffee plantations account for 60% of the total coffee production in Honduras.

The planting area belongs to the mountainous areas. people pick coffee beans by hand and then process them carefully in order to produce better quality coffee beans. Honduras collects 3 million bags of coffee every year and provides you with multi-quality coffee. It has become one of the top ten coffee exporters in the world.

In Honduras, coffee-producing areas are divided into six major areas, spread to the west and south, namely Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara), El Paraiso (El Paraiso), Copan (Copan), La Paz (La Paz) and Comayagua (Olan Mound), with an average planting height of more than 1100 meters above sea level. Coffee varieties are Arabica, 69% are HG "High and low Coffee", 12% are SHG "Special Highland Coffee" and 19% are CS. There are mainly Typic, Bourbon, Caturra, Villa Sarch and Lempira.

Honduran coffee can lead to multiple levels of flavor depending on the degree of roasting. Moderate baking can maximize the sweetness of beans, while deep baking increases bitterness, but sweetness does not disappear. Generally speaking, medium roasting has the best taste and rich and unique aroma, which is favored by coffee lovers in Honduras.

High-quality coffee in Honduras uses water washing to deal with coffee beans, usually after soaking, when the defective fruit will surface, it can be discarded first. Then put the good fruit into the fruit peeling machine and peel off the peel with the rotating force of the machine. Peeled fruits are screened by machines to select fruits of high quality. Usually the bigger the fruit, the better the maturity. Coffee in Honduras is dried in the sun, so there is always a hint of fruit in the taste.

RFA EP, Honduras:

Manor: BECAMO

Grade: SHB

Treatment: washing

Altitude: 1200-1800 m

Cup test: slightly sour, the overall taste is balanced, bright, mellow

Qianjie Coffee shares the coffee parameters of Honduran pressure pot.

1. Filter cup: French pressure pot

two。 Water temperature: 88 ℃

3. Degree of grinding: small Fuji degree of grinding 4

4. Baking degree: medium and deep baking

5. Steaming time: two and a half minutes

Flavor: balanced, chocolate, long-lasting caramel sweetness

Qianjie coffee suggestion: 15g powder, small Fuji ghost tooth knife 4 grinding, 88 degrees water temperature soaking for two and a half minutes, pressing powder, filtering, pour out the coffee.

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